Shoulder pad for garments



SAMUEL FRAlS USUALLY KNOWN AS SAM FRAIS SHOULDER PAD FOR GARMENTS FiledOct. 24, 1950 Feb. 19, 1952 rL 1'... d2 l W415. ip-an 'I'II'I'" INVENTORM EL FRAIS USUALL$ KN OWN AS All FRAIS M55 ATTQRNEYS Patented Feb. 19,1952 SHOULDER PAD FO'R GARMENTS Samuel Frais, usually known as ;SamErais, London, England, assignor to Parapads Limited, London, England, acompany of Great Britain Application October 24, 1950,:SerialNo..191,-841

4 Claims.

This invention relates to shoulder and like pads for fitting togarments, its object being to provide an improved and simplified methodof attaching fastening means to such pads whereby they can be readilysecured to and removed from the garment when the latter is to be cleanedor discarded or again when his desired to use the pads in someothergarment.

The pads which may have a body of felt, hair, rubber, sponge rubber orany other appropriate substance or admixture of substances of a likenature suitable for the purpose, are each covered with a loose outercasing of any suitable material such as silk, art silk, cotton, nylonand so forth and if desired this outer casing may be renderedimpermeable to water or to solvents used in dry cleaning. I

In order to render such pads readily removable from the garment to whichthey have been fitted, it is customary to provide fastening means,

the male members of which are carried on a tape or like strip of fabricstitched on the inside of the outer loose casing, holes being preformedin such outer casing for the passage of the heads of said male membersor studs so that they may coact with their female or counterparts whichare sewn on an independent tape adapted to be appropriately engaged withthe garment to which the pad is to be fitted, the two parts of thefastening means being then engaged together.

According to the present invention the manufacture of such pads issimplified by integralising a strip of fabric or tape member on whichthe male members or studs of the fastening means are carried, with theupper surface of the body itself of the pad by causing it, for example,to adhere thereto by siutable adhesive along a longitudinal central oraxial line and extending between the inner and outer ends of the pad,whereafter a loose pre-prepared outer imperforate casing is slipped overthe body portion. This casing is not pre-perforated and it will only benecessary to press the coacting parts of the fastening means together tocause the male member or stud to self-perforate the outer casing andpermit both parts to tightly interlock but enabling them to be quiteeasily disconnected in known manner, when desired.

The body portion may be curved and tapered for instance in thickness andheight from its outer end towards its inner end and is pre-shaped fromresilient material, whilst the casing comprises a piece of materialfolded about the body portion and stitched along the sides thereof.

The fastening means may be press studs of known kind consisting .of theusual male and female members adapted to .engage removably one with theother.

The coacting female part .of eachpress-fastem ing means is, as before,fixed to an independent tape or the like.

In order that the invention may be more fully understood, it is shown byway of example in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a shoulder pad.

Figure 2 is an end elevation looking in the direction of the arrow inFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view.

In these figures, l is the body portion of a shoulder pad made forexample of sponge rubber, which as can be clearly seen in Figure 1,tapers from a thicker portion at the shoulder end to a feather edge atthe head or neck end. At the upper surface of the central part of thebody I there is integralised therewith, such as by glueing or stickingwith rubber solution or otherwise appropriately, a tape 4 on which havebeen previously affixed the male or stud members 5 of press fasteners ofknown kind.

The body I is totally enclosed in a loose outer casing 2, advantageouslypre-formed which is passed over the thick end of the body and is securedin place by one or more rows of stitching 3.

When the pad is initially assembled, the body I, tape 4 and the male orstud members 5 are totally enclosed within the casing 2 which at thisstageis imperforate. represents the material of the dress or othergarment in which the pad is to be secured. On the inside thereof a tape1 is secured by stitching or any other suitable method of known kind.

The tape 1 carries the coacting female members 8 of the press fasteningmeans arranged in corresponding positions to the male or stud members 5.It will be appreciated that in Figure 1 the pad is shown slightlyseparated from the dress material or the like, and that it will only benecessary to engage them together to permit the male and female membersof the press fastening means to interlock. At the moment of engagementthe male or stud members force their way through the material of thecasing 2 and engage in the female members in the usual way, thusavoiding the need of pre-forming apertures in the casing which may notcorrespond correctly with the positions of the studs 5.

This simple construction is an advance in the art and effectsconsiderable saving in time and labour since there is no need to stitchone piece of tape or strip of fabric carrying the studs to the outercasing and as stated no need to provide initial perforations in suchouter casing for the passage of the heads of the studs.

After slipping the outer casing 2 onto the body I during assembly, it isonly necessary to stitch along that edge which was left open for thepassage of the body I.

This construction is especially applicable to pads made of resilientmaterial such as sponge rubber, wherein the tape 4 can be quickly andfirmly attached by the use of rubber solution.

I claim:

1. A shoulder pad for garments comprising a pre-shaped resilient bodyportion, substantially rigid garment securing means for said pad securedto said body portion and projecting outwardly of the surface of saidbody portion, and an imperiorate casing completely enclosing said bodyportion and said securing means, the said securing means being adaptedto be forced through said easing into garment engaging position.

2; The shoulder pad of claim 1 additionally including a strip of fabricsecured to the surface of said body portion and wherein said garmentsecuring means is carried by said strip.

3. The shoulder pad of claim 1 wherein said garment securing means is inthe form of press studs co-acting with complementary stud receivingmeans carried by the garment.

4. The shoulder pad of claim 1 additionally including a strip of fabricsecured to the surface of said body portion and wherein said garmentsecuring means is in the form of press studs carried by said strip andco-acting with complementary stud receiving means carried by thegarment.

' SAMUEL FRAIS,

Usually known as Sam Frais.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Weber Feb, 14, 1950

